I wouldn't want to be buried with you, yet I'd be forced to. Therefore, there's simply no chance that I would abandon you and run for my life.
"My lord, I will not leave you behind."
"Damn it, now's not the time for melodrama, okay? If Siniang were here to perform 'Farewell My Concubine' with me, I might actually feel something. But you..."
"I, Zheng Hongze, Commandant of Liang Town for Qian, am here by the command of the Grand Commandant of Qian's Northern Three Towns. I have a message for your leader!"
Zheng Fan sneered and said, "Well, look at that, someone with the same surname."
"How should I respond?" Liang Cheng asked.
"Negotiate. Have a proper talk with them. You go and discuss everything from salary and benefits to pension plans, social security, housing funds—the whole nine yards—and slowly drag out the conversation with him."
"To buy time, right?" Liang Cheng was beginning to understand.
